NOW A MAJOR GOLDEN GLOBE BAFTA AND EMMY-WINNING TV SERIES 'Clavell never puts a foot wrong
. . . Get it read it you'll enjoy it mightily' Daily Mirror This is James Clavell's
tour-de-force an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne and his integration into the
struggles and strife of feudal Japan. Both entertaining and incisive SHOGUN is a stunningly
dramatic re-creation of a very different world. Starting with his shipwreck on this most alien
of shores the novel charts Blackthorne's rise from the status of reviled foreigner up to the
hights of trusted advisor and eventually Samurai. All as civil war looms over the fragile
country. 'I can't remember when a novel has seized my mind like this one. It's irresistible
maybe unforgettable. Clavell creates a world so enveloping you forget who and where you are' -
New York Times
